America’s favorite ditzy snowbilly returns fire at Vice President Joe Biden after Biden mouthrapes her in New York:
“Sarah Palin thinks the answer to energy is ‘Drill, baby, drill,’ ” Biden said at a rally this afternoon. Then he leaned in to the microphone: “It’s a lot more complicated, Sarah.”
Oh, no he dit’int! Oh, no he dit–int!
Cry Trig!, and let slip the Facebook of Snotty Sarah:
Palin responded to the vice president’s comments via — of course — her Facebook page, blasting the Obama administration’s energy policies. “Apparently the Obama-Biden administration only approves of offshore drilling in Brazil, where it will provide security and jobs for Brazilians. This election is about American security and American jobs,” Palin writes.
Neener. Neener.
If you’re wondering what Sarah is talking about when we she mentions Brazilians (and it’s not one of her handy Facebook grooming tips for her “lower 48″), back in August Sarah heard that the U.S. Export Import Bank was about to loan Brazil $2 billion for offshore drilling and she was all, “Hey! That $2 billion should go to real Americans and not to Mexico-But-With-Nice-Asses.” Unsurprisingly, Low-Information Palin was wrong:
Palin complained that “the Obama White House is prepared to send more than 2 billion of your hard-earned tax dollars to Brazil so that the nation’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, can drill offshore and create jobs developing its own resources” and that Obama “chooses to use American dollars in Brazil that will help to pay the salaries and benefits for Brazilians to drill for resources when the need and desire is great in America.”
A spokesman for the bank, Phil Cogan, noted to POLITICO that the bank does not rely on tax money and that Palin’s statement ignores the bank’s central function: To lend money to foreign companies for the purchase of American goods and services.
“It has to be produced by U.S. workers,” Cogan said. Palin’s statement refers to “creat[ing] jobs and health benefits in the U.S.”
“That’s exactly what a purchase financed by the U.S. government would do,” Cogan said.
In this case, Cogan said, the proposed loan would likely finance engineering services, sales of ships to service oil platforms, or drilling equipment.
“This is the government doing what it’s supposed to do: Create jobs and make sure that Americans get a fair shot at selling goods and services — not the British or the French or anyone else — and to help American workers compete on a level playing field,” Cogan said, noting that most developed countries have similar credit-export agencies.
Meanwhile JuCo Toynbee thinks that Joe Biden is still a seething mushroom-cloud-layin’ motherfucker since he received that VP debate beatdown from Palin and now … it’s payback, baby!:
This is almost a cathartic release of some long-suppressed anger and frustration for Joseph Biden. Palin’s not on the ballot anywhere tomorrow. Sure, she’s a player, but it’s inescapable that this man is harboring a lot of pain from last year’s whoopin’ in the V.P. debate — indeed, it’s clear Biden’s been nursing a grudge.
Except, you know:
Only 26 percent of those surveyed said that Palin was more intelligent in the debate, compared with 57 percent who chose Biden, according to the poll of 611 adult Americans who tuned in to watch it. The poll had a sampling error of 4 percentage points.
Overall, 51 percent of the debate watchers said that Biden did the best job in the debate, but 36 percent gave the nod to Palin.
It’s probably worth noting the Professor Douglas is a Associate Professor of Political Science, and not an Associate Professor of Math.
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… and the Whoppie Cushion never stinks…
…unless there’s an authentic gas-bag in the picture.
That picture never gets old.
Well then Sarah should be right on top of that one.
She’s not flat… just flatulent.
If this is about “American jobs” then when does Palin plan to get one?
She so looks like someone who’d be sweet talkin security at a 1985 Motley Crue concert…”Hey mister, I’ll do anything to get backstage with Vince Neil. ANYTHING!” You know it.
If the stupid bitch would stop opening all those Pandora boxes she wouldn’t have all those flies buzzing around her pumpkin head.
Workin’s for squares man…
Palin is making her money the Republican way – finding a nice rich Sugar Daddy (or in this case, several) that she can bleed dry.
“Overall, 51 percent of the debate watchers said that Biden did the best job in the debate, but 36 percent gave the nod to Palin.” Also, dougie, the 51% who actually voted for Biden v. Palin. Numbers, pesky, pesky numbers.
Northern half of the Doublemint twins debates herself…
Which twin is the artificially sweetened twin?
So true. I think it’s the cloven hoof/malformed toe-like-a-trainwreck you can’t look away from…
See, this is the problem I have with Facebook. Sarah’s just not all that funny anymore without all the extraneous “you betchas” and “also’s”.
Also if she actually wrote the entries also.
See, if she’d stayed in office at least until the end of her term, she might have some residual gravitas and position of authority from which to make that sort of statement. Whoops.
…so she wouldn’t have fallen to the rogue motivational speaking circuit?
I love me some Joe-the-VP-Biden, especially when he’s taking jabs at La Palina. Man. Every time she speaks, I have the urge to give Biden a BJ in thanks that he’s the VP.
Oh, Crap.
Now we have to locate all the bond holders of Petrobras and see how many are, you know, America Hating Treasonous bastards.
Also.
Wolverines!
36% thought Sarah “did the best job in the debate”? 36%? Are you freakin’ kidding me? She posed and winked and refused to answer the questions she didn’t like, and she did the best job?
I see something like this and it hits home: this idiot could end up Preznit of the USA. Easily. Stupid fucking country.
…Because drilling in Brazil worked so well for American security and American jobs with Tenneco and Enron, and produced so much oil for Occidental, Amoco, etc. Get an effin’ clue, chica! It costs a sh*tload of money to dig dry holes anywhere; but it costs about 3 times a sh*tload of money to do it in the arctic!
You’ll notice that the good perfessor neatly sidesteps the issue of the sobriety of those who tuned in for the whole debate.